Cell The Unit Of Life Question 44
The term ‘Cell’ was coined by [AFMC 1997; CPMT 2003]
Options:
A) Grew up
B) Brown pigment
C) Robert Hooke
D) Darwin
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
The term ‘Cell’ was coined by Robert Hooke in 1665, when he observed tiny box-like compartments in thin sections of cork under a microscope and named them ‘cells’ (Latin: cella = small room). Matthias Schleiden later contributed to the cell theory (1838), not to the naming of cells.
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